Imdad A Khushk, Masood Kadir.
HIV/AIDS threat in Pakistan: changing concerns and realities.
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak Jan ;16(10):631-2.

The HIV/AIDS also poses serious threats to Pakistan. Till recently, Pakistan was categorized as a “low prevalence high risk” country for HIV infection. An estimated 85,000 persons or 0.1% of the adult population in this country are infected with HIV.2,3 Heterosexual transmission (52.55%) and contaminated blood or blood products (11.73%) are the most commonly reported modes of transmission for HIV/AIDS in Pakistan. Other modes of transmission include injecting drug use (2.02%), male-to-male or bisexual relations (4.55%), and mother-to-child transmission (2.2%). Mode of transmission in 26.9% of the reported HIV/AIDS cases could not be established due to incomplete data.4 The male-to-female ratio is 42:6 and 7:1 (per 100,000) in reported HIV-positive and AIDS cases, respectively. By the end of 2005, Pakistan officially reported a cumulative total of only 3073 HIV/AIDS cases.3 However, a large number of cases go unreported. Social taboos and lack of knowledge among general population as well as health care providers prevent patients from reporting their affliction. This is an Editorial.

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